Scoop

As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic.

Lord Copper quite often gave banquets; it would be an understatement to say that no one enjoyed them more than the host, for no one else enjoyed them at all, while Lord Copper positively exulted in every minute.

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.

Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.

"The Beast stands for strong mutually antagonistic governments everywhere," he said. "Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad."